Prehistoric Times Apparently There Were Already Musical Instruments, These Are The Materials and Their Functions

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FEMUSINDO.com - Hunting and gathering or called food gathering is the simplest pattern of life of ancient humans.

At that time, ancient humans lived by moving from place to place or nomads. Since the early period of the emergence of human civilization, ancient humans have lived moving in groups.

It turns out that musical instruments have been known since prehistoric times. Several experts say that humans at that time imitated the sounds of nature using their own voices.

Prehistoric Music

Prehistoric music is music produced by prehistoric or prehistoric cultures. Prehistoric music is also known as primitive music.

Prehistoric music is a term in music history for all music produced in prehistoric (prehistoric) cultures, which began somewhere in very recent geological history.

Prehistoric music is thought to have first been known in the Paleolithic period, around 300,000 to 12,000 years ago.

However, some say that music began to be known during the Homo Sapiens era, which lived around 180,000 to 100,000 years ago.

Prehistoric music is closely related to ritual and magical ceremonial activities, such as healing ceremonies, offerings and efforts to kill prey.

Prehistoric Musical Instruments

One of the musical instruments used to accompany traditional dances in prehistoric times is the nekara.

The first musical instruments made in this era used materials found in nature, such as flutes made from bone carvings, trumpets made from mammoth ivory, drums made from elephant skin and flutes made from bamboo.

From the discovery of these artifacts, scientists and archaeologists concluded that music was common in everyday human activities, from religious activities to recreational activities.

The characteristics of music in prehistoric times, among others, melodies sung without musical accompaniment, the texture of the song is sacred, aims to improve the quality of religious worship, the rhythm of the song is very flexible and the music only relies on improvisation. (*)